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this is wjz.com, baltimore. good morning, maryland, now don scott, marty bass, breaking news with mary bubala, your first warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it's wjz, maryland's news station. it's friday. >> here at the top of the

hour, some of the roads could be wet from the overnight rain. looking at the stars overhead. sharon has more on the way in after marty's weather. we're talking all morning about the thunderstorms last night before everybody went to by. may not see another thunderstorm until like halfway through spring training, mid- late march. it was an interesting treat to be honest. looking at the outlook for the day. sunshine, temperatures above normal. 58 at lunch on the way to the high of 60. thank you. what awaits you on the streets, here's sharon gibala in traffic control. good morning. we have a new accident on 70 eastbound from western maryland, we have an accident blocking two left lanes. meantime an accident on 100

eastbound on the ramp to northbound 97 and a water main break on eastern avenue. east everyone boulevard is your best alternate. remember wjz 13 is always on. for traffic information, log onto wjz.com. don, back to you. here's what we're doing, waiting for a verdict. the prosecution and defense have rested their cases in the sheila dixon theft trial. the mayor's future now rests in the hands of 12 other people. >> reporter: good morning everybody. jurors will be back at the courthouse at 9:00 a.m. to continue the deliberations after getting about 4 hours in yesterday. the defense team is confident. >> we think that the good news is that this is a serious,

conscientious jury doing their best to look at the case completely and we hope fairly. >> reporter: mayor dixon sat emotionless. the defense attorney fired back >> what are the thoughts at this point? she's been a trooper throughout the whole thing and positive and staying focused on doing the city's business. >> reporter: she's on trial accused of using gift cards that should have gone to baltimore's needy families. turner testified that dixon

asked him to donate gift cards to the needy and he use the gift cards five days after the call. they said it's almost as if she's phoning in her order. the state prosecutor backed it up telling jurors that the fact remains she stole the gift cards, the verdict must be guilty. >> reporter: if she's found guilty, she could lose her position at city hall and her pension. >> thank you. stay with us for complete coverage of the trial. mary and our team of reporters follow the case and we will bring you the jury's decision as soon as it is announced. an alarming trend here in baltimore as sexual assaults have spiked. live outside of city police headquarters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. east baltimore police say they're not taking any chances, warning women not to go outside after my night. police don't know who is

responsible for the attacks and how many men are involved. police are on edge hoping to prevent another attack. women targeted at night, dragged to dark areas and raped. it's happened five times in east and northeast baltimore. four others attacked in home invasions in the same area. >> i don't feel safe at all. i have a mother that works at night and a sister, i need them to be protected. >> reporter: things took a turn when a woman was found dead only partially clothed behind a convenient store. the east district commander told women not to go out late at night. >> unless from midnight until the sun comes up, don't go out. >> reporter: police released these sketches. they continue to be distributed

in the area. many women are worried. >> may be scared again and i'm not scared any more. here it is again. and i don't want to be like that that. i don't want to be held hostage because we have two rapist. if women go out at night, they can, just call for a police escort. >> thank you. police increased patrols in the area especially at night. public work crews tried to fix a major water main break. 160 homes and businesses without service. a 12" main broke shutting down the intersection. the water main is said to be 50 years old and maybe older. it's said it's hoped to be restored today. the governor will be in baltimore where he's expected to bring news of new jobs. here's denise with a preview.

>> reporter: good morning, in a few hours, the governor announces a job to bring jobs in the area. it will be a partnership with ports america to run a marine terminal. it will create about 3,000 construction jobs and 2700 positions related to operations. the deal tied into the widening of the panama canal. it needs to be upgradeed for the new tankers using the canal. baltimore's two sports venues are going greener. the board of public works approveed upgrades to make them more energy efficient. the stadiums get high-energy light fixures and bulbs and the heating and air-conditioning systems will be retrofitted.

. and the ravens look ahead to indianapolis inside the purple palace this weekend. you see the ravens playing the colts here on wjz.com. tomorrow, the maryland team play the seminoles. you can see maryland and florida state here at noon on wjz 13. the queen of daytime tv will soon wrap up her talk show. the oprah show will come to an end. the last show rumored to be september 2011. it airs in 140 different countries, she's come a long way from working here. she used to be here with the morning edition and the man sitting next to me. >> we had a lot of fun. she's going to have her own

talk show on her own channel. >> it sounds like it. but none of that is official until oprah says it or gayle king. >> they both worked here. >> that's where they met. >> the original producer worked on the show. i'll tell you up front, another dear friend of hers is wife of someone who is in the news this day, who work on the show. very interesting. god bless oprah. it's amazing how many people walk up to me and say, what do you think of the oprah thing? god bless her. i love to see my friends get

successful. i don't harbor an ounce of jealousy, to think we sit around and have conversations, hang out with one who is one of the most powerful people on the planet. witnessing the history, it's all very good. looking at the forecast. going to the ron matz to witness some history. clear this morning, sunny this afternoon. 60 degrees is the high. let the good times roll. half of the weekend is going to be okay. ron in front of the fabulous first mariner arena. bruce springsteen in town. >> reporter: i can tell you this, the trucks and buses have arrived and they're going to be loading in in just a couple of

hours. s -- boston and baltimore, more when the morning edition rolls on.

>> marty in the first- warning center. >> this is the 50th anniversary of a couple of broadcasters. 50 years. 49 right now, 76% humidity. we have a bit of a northwest breeze at 7. barometer is 30.09. thunderstorms, fog, warm, it was humid. going to be a great sunrise, we'll all watch together. the only remnants is moisture on the ground. 54 elkton. 51 d.c. 49 hagerstown. 46 cumberland. 47 westminister. 49 columbia. 52 rock hall.

53 on kent island annapolis. we now have high pressure building into the region. that's going to control the weather until halfway through sunday. the moisture field, there's a deep area of low pressure, it's pulling gulf moisture on its track northeast at this point we're thinking towards the carolina capes and the virginia capes, we have to watch the low. mid afternoon, shower activity may not be that far away and it could impact the beginning of next week. we're not changing any plans, neither should you, because it could shoot offshore. we're watching the forecast for the end of the weekend. tonight 39, clear skies 14 degrees cooler than the past overnight. seasonal temperatures by late afternoon, there could be some showers in the area. 54. monday gray and 52.

tuesday and wednesday with sunshine, 60 and 58 degrees. >> if you're about to get into the get and go, here's sharon gibala. >> things are slowing down. we have a disabled vehicle, that's causing a backup on the outer loop on frederick road. a backup to security boulevard. there's your speed sensors. meantime an accident 70 eastbound, blocking two left lanes and a water line break, it's closed at eastern boulevard. there's a look at the delay at 70. you can see again, about a 10 minute set back because of the vehicle. this report brought to you by toyota and your toyota dealer where you find a service dealer. toyota moving forward. >> back down to the ronster. good morning. >> happy friday, purple

friday. think of what we have going on in baltimore the next few days. bruce springsteen sold out. the mammoth monday meltdown, sold out. this you go. >> the city is alive. >> reporter: it is. the boss in town tonight, 14,000 fans jam the first mariner arena. taking you back to september 24 september 24th. the tickets go on sale. people were in line forever. >> people started lining up five days prior to the on-sale date. >> that was amazing. eyewitness news was here and they came from all over. >> they travel from all over and it was interesting, you're coming into work and you know the tickets are going on sale and see this person just kind of sitting, what are they sitting for and it dawned on us, they're sitting to see the boss. it was really fun. >> sold out.

when we say sold out, me mean it. >> seriously. >> reporter: a lot of people don't know, general admission tickets is stand. >> this goes back to the old days of rock 'n' roll concerts where general admission was on the floor and your rocking out with the boss. >> it's a big night for the maryland food bank. paul is with the food bank, you're going to be here tonight. the boss has been wonderful to us, we'll collect food and funds tonight and hope all 14,000 people remember that there are hungry people in maryland. >> very good. you're going to be outside and inside, all over the area, we'll be collecting food and we encourage you to bring bags of food, we're happy to accept their money. >> thank you. help the maryland food bank.

concertcon -- concert gets underway at 7:30. it's time to look at the finalist number five for the mammoth monday meltdown. let's welcome, they appeared in june. margaret elementary. >> i wish it was sunday, cause that's my fun day. my i don't have to run day. it's just a manic monday. . >> that was great. one of our five finalists, go to wjz.com, cast your vote. we have had a record number of votes this year. don and marty, how many days left? 3. 3 days left until the mammoth monday meltdown. see you rain or shine, it's going to be a great time if you

want to come down and watch. it's worth it. we're going to have a ball. all right, guys. >> ron. >> reporter: yes. >> we were helping back here. >> reporter: i know you were. >> thank you. real quick, i want to plug coffee with coming up in about 25 minutes. we play the indianapolis colts this weekend. do you know who is on coffee with? >> reporter: who? >> a pittsburgh steeler troy polamalu. >> one of the best players many the game. >> he was apprehensive about coming on a baltimore show. we said we're not running in smack. how about we talk afc north? and he has enormous respect for the ravens, likes baltimore and a great guy. >> reporter: i can't wait to see it. i will be watching.

have a great weekend, see you monday morning for the meltdown. thank you. see ya. >> also still to come on our morning edition. >> reporter: the most expensive condo ever to be sold in charm city is here at the ritz carlton. we'll take you inside next.

looking at the forecast for day. no tougher than this. beautiful. a great sunrise happening. looking at the bluffs right now on the horizon. 60 degrees is the high. thank you. we told you about a condo at the ritz smashing sales records yesterday morning. now we go inside the building where a local celebrity is the owner of a 12 1/2 million dollars home. >> reporter: behind those doors is the most expensive condo ever sold in baltimore and they hope the sale will encourage overs to move in. the view from the penthouse is hard to beat. it's a view that made charm city history. the developer closed a deal for

the most expensive condo ever sold in baltimore much like this one for $12.6 million, a price tag that pleased the real estate community. >> we're excited to promote it to a lot of folks thinking of moving to the baltimore. >> it has 4 bedrooms, 6 1/2 bedrooms, it was originally 3 penthouses. the big question is who bought it? the hunt for red october, and clear and present danger. it's tom clancy. neighbors star in the $600,000. most of the potential buyers looking in the 1 million to $1.7 million range. it means living in comfort. indoor pool, theater, game room

and a full spa. still it's not putting on a show for many owners, only 23 of the available units have been settled. 20 are under contract. a year ago it was 113. but the developer is confident about the future. >> i keep of look at it is one of the best things for city of baltimore. the luxury market is here and i think yesterday's closing just cements what we've been seeing. >> the ritz home of the second most expensive condo that sole for under 2 1/2 million dollars last year. yet to come, health care reform. a big vote expected in the senate that could make or break the bill. good morning, after a night of rest, jurors will be back to deliberate in the sheila dixon trial. the full story ahead. a warning for women in

east baltimore. stay in doors after my night. i'll explain why coming up. on the roads, we cleared up a disabled vehicle but the jam remains, a live look at that ahead. now to marty. we welcome troy polamalu to raven nation on coffee with at 6:45. doing a thing with head and shoulders and keeping the dream alive. unfortunately, an injury last weekend. troy joining us we continue after this.

good morning, maryland. now, don scott, marty bass, breaking news with mary bubala, your first-warning weather and traffic control with sharon gibala, it's wjz, maryland's news station. >> it's friday. it is the bottom of the hour and the eastern shore has sprouted this morning complete with its own cloud deck. it does look like mountains today. >> aren't those the bluffs? >> they are. >> any time you get a cloud

deck. let's look at the day part, the skies are clear, beautiful. for this friday before thanksgiving, temperatures around 60 before lunchtime. that's 5 above normal. your weekend begins with clear skies, a beautiful friday night. temperatures in the low 50s. >> thank you, how about the hurry up? >> good morning. it is slowing down on the west side of the beltway, the disabled vehicle that caused the delay is gone but you can see the speed sensors on the west side of the beltway, watch for about a 10- minute backup between security boulevard and frederick road. a water main break, that one blocking all lanes of eastern avenue. your alternate there eastern boulevard. there's a live look at the backup on the west side slowing at liberty road.

a 10- minute set back and a look at i-70. everything running smoothly. this has been brought to you by toyota, toyota moving forward. in about two and a half hours, day two of deliberations start in the sheila dixon theft trial. they have a lot of consider as it could end her career. >> reporter: good morning. jurors will be back here at the courthouse at 9:00 a.m. to continue the deliberations after getting about 4 hours in yesterday. the defense team leaves the court confident the jury will rule in their favor. >> we think that the good news is that this is a serious conscientious jury doing their best to look at this case completely and we hope fairly. >> reporter: the mayor set

emotionless in a case filled with emotions. the mayor's lead defense attorney fired back -- >> what are the mayor's thoughts at this point? >> she's been a trooper throughout the whole thing. she's had a tremendous attitude about it. she's positive and staying focus on doing the city's business. >> reporter: she is accused of using gift cards intended for needy. they reminded them of phone calls between turner and dixon. she asked him to donate gift cards to the needy. it shows that she used the gift

cards five-day forecast days afterthe day -- five days after the call. they said it's almost as if she is phoning in the order. if she's found guilty of any of the five counts, she could lose her position at city hall and her pension. >> thank you. stay with us for complete coverage of the trial. remember mary and the team of reporters follow the case and bring you the jury's decision as soon as it happens. two rapists on the loose most likely somewhere in baltimore. police have surprising advice for women. live outside of city police headquarters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. as the attacks get more violent, police are warning women not to go outside after midnight. if they must, they can call for a police escort. women and police are on edge

hoping to prevent another attack. women have been targeted at night on the street, dragged to dark areas and raped. it's happened in east and northeast baltimore. four others attacked during home invasions in the same area. >> i don't feel safe at all. i have a mother that works at night and a sister. i need them to be protected. >> things took a more gruesome turn when a woman was found dead, partially clothed behind a convenient store. the commander told women not to go out late at night. >> from midnight until that sun comes up, unless you have to be on the streets, don't go out. >> reporter: police are searching for at least two rapists releasing these sketches. they're distribute in the area. many say they're worried. >> i am not scared any more and now here it is again.

i don't want to be like that. i don't want to be held hostage because we have two rapists out here. >> reporter: east baltimore police say they will clean up the area like towing cars and boarding up buildings. >> thank you. in this morning's health watch report, officials say young women can stop scheduling a pap smear test. a pap smear every two years is sufficient for women in their 20s. this news comes dayses after a panel recommended women stop getting routine mammograms until age 50. from baltimore to the big

time. after tens of thousands of interviews, oprah is saying a long good-bye. her talk show set to end soon. >>reporter: the queen of daytime tv is calling it a wrap. >> she's quitting? >> oprah announces today that after 25 seasons on the air, she is pulling the plug on her top-rated talk show. more details have been revealed live on her talk show. >> how will she quit? >> i knew it was coming but not this soon. >> reporter: oprah has built an empire around her name with magazines, books and movies, her show is one of tv's biggest

moneymakers airing across the united states and in 140 countries. here in chicago where she tapes her show, stafferring are keeping their lips sealed. she probably will start a new talk show when the current one ends. >> i love oprah. >> reporter: it's believed that the new program airs on her upcoming cable channel the oprah network reaching die hard fans who are not ready to see her go. >> there's a lot of want to bees that want to be oprah, there won't be anyone like her. >> it's definitely the beginning of a new one. >> oprah worked here until 1983. some of the sweetest roads

could be in the area. a special sugar-beet molasses mixture. it sticks to the road and lasts longer. it has been used in other states for decades. marty brings up a good point. it will cut back on the salt going into the bay, but what about molasses. if you spit on your front yard it ends up in chesapeake bay at some point. someone sent me a funny e-mail, wouldn't that attract bears, deer? >> i don't know. >> they're walking around, they smell it. obviously it's working in other states. can i be honest? it wouldn't kill me if i didn't see any snow this winter.

>> i'm with you. >> that ranks about number 24 on who gives as a darn list. i want to look at some weather before we talk about coffee with. we're playing the colts this weekend. it's the weekend anyway. see the low over the gulf? it's gathering moisture and making a run northeast. where does it blow offshore? it's possible there could be some showers around that could linger into monday. it's also in the same breath very possible that moisture stays to the south and doesn't impact our weather at all. we will talk about that during the first warning weather segment coming up next. sunny this afternoon with a high of 60 degrees. now coming up on coffee with, we were told we could get troy polamalu, i said do it. i have respect for troy polamalu

polamalu. safety for the steelers, also been a stands up guy. we talk about football. we talk about our division and hair and charity with troy polamalu. sun coming up over the city and we take a break and coming back with sharon gibala's traffic control.

76% humidity. we have a breeze at 7, the barometer is 30.09. thunderstorms at bedtime last night. 46 in cumberland. 49 hagerstown. 52 elkton. 53 easton. 54 packs river. 57 down if ocean. 53 on kent island. 53 in annapolis. here's the weather getting out of here in a quick way. i want you to watch the gathering moisture field. it generated a model down to the south. you can see the low in the model, it's been the water mark.

here's the low, it went by. 60 degrees is the high this day. 39 degrees, clear skies, this next night cooler by 14 degrees. 58 is the high. on sunday, this low is going to be shooting down to the south. the moisture feel by mid afternoon could spread into the area. but there's an equal chance the low shoots offshore and we get clouds. we kind of reflected that will late-day chance of showers and clouds on monday. the forecast is in flux. tuesday and wednesday with sunshine. 60 and 58. it's important to notice towards thanksgiving, we haven't opened up the door to cold weather yet. the biggest issue on the west side of the beltway, a disabled vehicle that caused a delay. the vehicle is gone but a

backup between 895 and frederick road. average speed about 17 miles per hour. an accident -- a water main break. there is a look at the drive time answer the speeds. there's a look at the delay. this report brought to you by toyota. toyota moving forward. thank you. i have no problem with the rival who plays like a raven and this guy does, this morning's coffee with is with troy polamalu. ladies and gentlemen let's welcome one of the best many the business, toy toy, what's going on? bud? >> how is it going? >> it's going great. we'll get to head and shoulders

here in a second. troy and i had a conversation, not running any smack today. pittsburgh is a football town, we can spend our time better than throwing insults. the number one question would be how many guys try to bring you do with your hair? you're on defense, how many guys would try to block your progress with your hair? >> honestly not many guys do. i don't have the ball too often in my hand, they have a ten city to pull me my hair but not often. >> you wear the jerseys skin tight and there's an opportunity for something to be grabbed. does it brother you? >> not at all. i'm a defensive player.

>> you end up with that ball in your hand. >> you do. >> just real quick in the afc north, is it my imagination or do we play a tougher style of football than any other division in our conference? >> i think there's no question that we do. you know we have a division that is a blue-collar division and with that ask a toughness that we have, there's a defensive me tallty that you have there in baltimore as well as here in pittsburgh, you know the tradition that is carry on but that blue collarness, that toughness, three yards in a cloud of dust mentality is more alive than in any other division. >> here's a guy who plays the game. that's why it's a great time.

>> what is awesome, that's what is true football, it's a physical football game and play by physical people with a passion and that's what we try to do and as you do there, that's what makes it football. i think in order for anybody to be a successful team, they have to come through our division and that's what they're gauge is, if they're authentic or not. >> once in a lifetime. this is cool. head and shoulders by the way, not just a dandruff shampoo. explain what it is. it's a beautiful thing. >> the first thing is that it's the same that the society forgets veterans and they've made the ultimate sacrifice by sacrificing themselves, their lives, time with their family

nor for us to enjoy our freedom. when they make the sacrifice, they lose time with their family. they lose physical operation, what once in a lifetime provides is bridging that gap, help them pay mortgage, one was to pay for a soldier's daughter who was a cancer patient to help pay for that. it's important to raise an awareness that we need to appreciate our veterans and important to tell them vocally and support them financially but importantly to honor them in this way, if you see them at an airport, to buy them dinner. or to tell them how much you appreciate them or for the mission like once in a lifetime, support them. >> we have a web site, head

and shoulders.com and you can find more information about it. once again, great shampoo, not just for dandruff. he isn't looking this good, it's part of the package. we urge you to go to the web site and check the deal out. it's a good thing. one thing that a steelers and ravens fans can stand united on is support of the troops. want to see you get better, because when the steelers get to town, we want to may the best. >> appreciate it. >> talk to you later. >> some ravens fans looking for smack, what is an interesting insight in the division we play. >> three yards and a cloud of dust, you have to love that phrase. >> taking a break and coming back with more of the eyewitness news morning edition. boss: so word's gettin' out that geico customers could save even more on their car insurance

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it's going to be a beautiful day to start a weekend. put your brain in three-day weekend mode. a 60 degrees temperature. now with sharon gibala in weekend mode in traffic control. >> good morning. the biggest issue still the delays on the west side of the beltway. we have a 25-minute backup now

between 795 where we had a disabled vehicle. watch for a vehicle water main break at old eastern avenue. there's your drive times and your speeds, the west side is the slowest spot between 95. there's the look. at kaiser, every day is a new opportunity. kaiser, back to you. >> thank you. making head lines this morning, mayor sheila dixon waits to see if the jury finds her guilty or not. the jury did deliberate for 4 hours before being sent home last night. the verdict could come today.

the deliberations resume around 9:00 a.m. police warning women to sty off of the streets at night as they search for two rapists targeting the area. sketches of two suspects were pass out. ways to keep safe was discussed. the oprah show is faying to -- fading to black in about a year. she's pulling the plug on her tv talk